What were your favorite childhood books?

Books read in your formative years can shape the person you become just as much as parents, teachers and friends. What were some of the books that you remember most from your childhood years?

Books171

Answers402

Readers124

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	3,260 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.31	2,152 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.94	1,082 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	3.99	423 reads
The Giver Lois Lowry	3.97	981 reads
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.27	1,273 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	3.69	365 reads
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Richard Howard (Translator)	4.19	932 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.76	682 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	4.09	144 reads
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish	4	76 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.6	813 reads
Hatchet Gary Paulsen	3.62	234 reads
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	4.57	719 reads
Matilda Roald Dahl	4.27	413 reads
Meet the Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner	3	1 read
The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey	4.16	35 reads
Bridge To Terabithia Katherine Paterson	4	246 reads
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	4.19	235 reads
The Witches Roald Dahl	3.95	216 reads
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel	0	0 reads
Magyk Angie Sage	3.79	104 reads
The Neverending Story Michael Ende Ralph Manheim (Translator)	4.08	152 reads
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	4.25	1,676 reads
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore Alvin Schwartz	3.77	62 reads
Babysitters Club #9 Ann M. Martin	0	2 reads
Game Player B.J. Harvey	3.76	23 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.44	2,502 reads
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin	3.86	149 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.1	295 reads
The Call of the Wild Jack London	3.62	265 reads
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg	4.24	102 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	4	49 reads
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling	4.38	2,380 reads
These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder	3.73	34 reads
The complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. May Gibbs	0	1 read
The End Lemony Snicket	3.77	135 reads
Little Women Louisa May Alcott	3.9	522 reads
Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	4.15	431 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.86	1,144 reads
Stuart Little E.B. White	3.25	7 reads
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien	4.31	10 reads
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin A. Abbott	3.6	126 reads
The Invasion Katherine Applegate	3.81	44 reads
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka	3.91	58 reads
Wolf Brother Michelle Paver	3.67	25 reads
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke	4.04	68 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.16	247 reads
Karlík a továrna na čokoládu Roald Dahl Jaroslav Kořán (Translator)	4.05	415 reads
Mail-Order Wings Beatrice Gormley	4	1 read
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery	4.31	299 reads
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery	4.38	5 reads
Serendipity Stephen Cosgrove	4.13	5 reads
Abarat Clive Barker	4.04	30 reads
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	4.07	699 reads
The two princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine January Lavoy Lynn Redgrave	0	2 reads
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Michael Burgan	3.83	1,049 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.83	54 reads
The wizard of Oz the first five novels Ella Okstad W. w. Denslow Michael Patrick Hearn Dynos Design Anne Hathaway Tom Sinnickson Germán Vives Olimpia Zagnoli WIlliam Wallace Denslow Robert Ingpen Rosa María Borràs Montané Cristina Rodríguez Fischer Rebecca Burns W W Denslow Fabien Clavel Jean-Philippe Taboulot Yvette Métral Dyno Designs Monique Luiken Jeroen van Luiken-Bakker Baum L Frank Baum jaime arbe Séamus Ó Coileáin Jose perez monica alonso Yenis Adelaira Ochoa Marc Cornelis Wirton Arvott L. Frank Baum	3.25	5 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.17	84 reads
All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot	4.35	36 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.05	913 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri	4.29	6 reads
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo	3.96	114 reads
A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony	3.19	69 reads
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling	4.29	2,245 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.01	1,255 reads
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis	4.07	359 reads
Das Experiment Katherine Applegate	3	6 reads
1,2,3. .. Invisibile! Robert L. Stine	5	1 read
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.83	243 reads
Cleopatra VII Kristiana Gregory	5	9 reads
Kristy's Great Idea Ann M. Martin	3.86	33 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	4	2 reads
The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney	3.42	28 reads
Emily of New Moon Lucy Maud Montgomery	0	0 reads
Ramona the Pest Beverly Cleary	3.88	30 reads
Inheritance Christopher Paolini	3.84	267 reads
Meet Addy Connie Rose Porter	3	6 reads
One Day You'll Know Lauren Brooke	0	1 read
The Sword of Shannara Terry Brooks	3.23	148 reads
D'un monde à l'autre Pierre Bottero	4.17	7 reads
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket	3.86	430 reads
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling	4.42	2,197 reads
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	3.85	513 reads
A Girl of The Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter	3.75	9 reads
The Midnight Fox Betsy Byars	0	1 read
The Gunslinger Stephen King	3.65	707 reads
The Silver Wolf The Silver Wolf Alice Borchardt	0	0 reads
Animorphs Animorphs: The sickness Katherine Applegate	0	0 reads
The Angel Experiment James Patterson	3.71	108 reads
Percy Jackson: The Complete Series Rick Riordan	0	0 reads
The Belgariad Boxed Set David Eddings	3.5	13 reads
L'isola del tesoro Robert Louis Stevenson Alberto Tedeschi (Translator)	4	4 reads
Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense - Collected Poems	0	0 reads
Among the Hidden Margaret Peterson Haddix	3.9	39 reads
JAMAICA INN Daphne du Maurier	3.57	25 reads
The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown	3.88	20 reads
Brisingr Christopher Paolini	3.79	359 reads
The Secret Seven Enid Blyton	4	9 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J. K. Rowling	4.29	3,260 reads
The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien	4.31	2,152 reads
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis	3.94	1,082 reads
The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett	3.99	423 reads
The Giver Lois Lowry	3.97	981 reads
Ender's Game Orson Scott Card	4.27	1,273 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	3.69	365 reads
The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Richard Howard (Translator)	4.19	932 reads
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle	3.76	682 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	4.09	144 reads
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish	4	76 reads
Eragon Christopher Paolini	3.6	813 reads
Hatchet Gary Paulsen	3.62	234 reads
The Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien	4.57	719 reads
Matilda Roald Dahl	4.27	413 reads
Meet the Boxcar Children Gertrude Chandler Warner	3	1 read
The Dragonriders of Pern: Dragonflight Dragonquest The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey	4.16	35 reads
Bridge To Terabithia Katherine Paterson	4	246 reads
The Phantom Tollbooth Norton Juster	4.19	235 reads
The Witches Roald Dahl	3.95	216 reads
Frog and Toad Are Friends Arnold Lobel	0	0 reads
Magyk Angie Sage	3.79	104 reads
The Neverending Story Michael Ende Ralph Manheim (Translator)	4.08	152 reads
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams	4.25	1,676 reads
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore Alvin Schwartz	3.77	62 reads
Babysitters Club #9 Ann M. Martin	0	2 reads
Game Player B.J. Harvey	3.76	23 reads
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J. K. Rowling	4.44	2,502 reads
The Westing Game Ellen Raskin	3.86	149 reads
Watership Down Richard Adams	4.1	295 reads
The Call of the Wild Jack London	3.62	265 reads
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler E.L. Konigsburg	4.24	102 reads
The Dark is Rising Susan Cooper	4	49 reads
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire J. K. Rowling	4.38	2,380 reads
These Happy Golden Years Laura Ingalls Wilder	3.73	34 reads
The complete adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. May Gibbs	0	1 read
The End Lemony Snicket	3.77	135 reads
Little Women Louisa May Alcott	3.9	522 reads
Howl's Moving Castle Diana Wynne Jones	4.15	431 reads
Twilight Stephenie Meyer	2.86	1,144 reads
Stuart Little E.B. White	3.25	7 reads
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O'Brien	4.31	10 reads
Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Edwin A. Abbott	3.6	126 reads
The Invasion Katherine Applegate	3.81	44 reads
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Jon Scieszka	3.91	58 reads
Wolf Brother Michelle Paver	3.67	25 reads
The Thief Lord Cornelia Funke	4.04	68 reads
The BFG Roald Dahl	4.16	247 reads
Karlík a továrna na čokoládu Roald Dahl Jaroslav Kořán (Translator)	4.05	415 reads
Mail-Order Wings Beatrice Gormley	4	1 read
Anne of Green Gables L.M. Montgomery	4.31	299 reads
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud Montgomery	4.38	5 reads
Serendipity Stephen Cosgrove	4.13	5 reads
Abarat Clive Barker	4.04	30 reads
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky	4.07	699 reads
The two princesses of Bamarre Gail Carson Levine January Lavoy Lynn Redgrave	0	2 reads
Frankenstein Mary Shelley Michael Burgan	3.83	1,049 reads
Redwall Brian Jacques	3.83	54 reads
The wizard of Oz the first five novels Ella Okstad W. w. Denslow Michael Patrick Hearn Dynos Design Anne Hathaway Tom Sinnickson Germán Vives Olimpia Zagnoli WIlliam Wallace Denslow Robert Ingpen Rosa María Borràs Montané Cristina Rodríguez Fischer Rebecca Burns W W Denslow Fabien Clavel Jean-Philippe Taboulot Yvette Métral Dyno Designs Monique Luiken Jeroen van Luiken-Bakker Baum L Frank Baum jaime arbe Séamus Ó Coileáin Jose perez monica alonso Yenis Adelaira Ochoa Marc Cornelis Wirton Arvott L. Frank Baum	3.25	5 reads
Dealing with Dragons Patricia C. Wrede	4.17	84 reads
All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot	4.35	36 reads
The Golden Compass Philip Pullman	4.05	913 reads
Heidi Johanna Spyri	4.29	6 reads
The Tale of Despereaux Kate DiCamillo	3.96	114 reads
A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony	3.19	69 reads
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J. K. Rowling	4.29	2,245 reads
The Lightning Thief Rick Riordan	4.01	1,255 reads
The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis	4.07	359 reads
Das Experiment Katherine Applegate	3	6 reads
1,2,3. .. Invisibile! Robert L. Stine	5	1 read
Inkheart Anthea Bell (Translator) Cornelia Funke	3.83	243 reads
Cleopatra VII Kristiana Gregory	5	9 reads
Kristy's Great Idea Ann M. Martin	3.86	33 reads
Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer	4	2 reads
The Face on the Milk Carton Caroline B. Cooney	3.42	28 reads
Emily of New Moon Lucy Maud Montgomery	0	0 reads
Ramona the Pest Beverly Cleary	3.88	30 reads
Inheritance Christopher Paolini	3.84	267 reads
Meet Addy Connie Rose Porter	3	6 reads
One Day You'll Know Lauren Brooke	0	1 read
The Sword of Shannara Terry Brooks	3.23	148 reads
D'un monde à l'autre Pierre Bottero	4.17	7 reads
The Bad Beginning Lemony Snicket	3.86	430 reads
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling	4.42	2,197 reads
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin	3.85	513 reads
A Girl of The Limberlost Gene Stratton-Porter	3.75	9 reads
The Midnight Fox Betsy Byars	0	1 read
The Gunslinger Stephen King	3.65	707 reads
The Silver Wolf The Silver Wolf Alice Borchardt	0	0 reads
Animorphs Animorphs: The sickness Katherine Applegate	0	0 reads
The Angel Experiment James Patterson	3.71	108 reads
Percy Jackson: The Complete Series Rick Riordan	0	0 reads
The Belgariad Boxed Set David Eddings	3.5	13 reads
L'isola del tesoro Robert Louis Stevenson Alberto Tedeschi (Translator)	4	4 reads
Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense - Collected Poems	0	0 reads
Among the Hidden Margaret Peterson Haddix	3.9	39 reads
JAMAICA INN Daphne du Maurier	3.57	25 reads
The Runaway Bunny Margaret Wise Brown	3.88	20 reads
Brisingr Christopher Paolini	3.79	359 reads
The Secret Seven Enid Blyton	4	9 reads

What were your favorite childhood books?

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What were your favorite childhood books?